Erling Haaland made his debut with a goal at Manchester City and entered Julián Álvarez and was close again

With 19 on the back, Julian Alvarez added minutes of play in the friendly that Manchester City beat the Bayern Monaco 1-0, with the goal of another of Pep Guardiola’s stellar reinforcements: the Norwegian Erling Haland. The former River came in to replace former Borussia Dortmund and was close to widening the difference. It will come…

The game, which had the particularity of being played in two halves of 40 minutes each due to the interruption caused by unfavorable weather conditions, was played United States of America where both the English and German teams play the preseason. It was played at Lambeau Field, in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The first to show his condition was Haaland, who started and scored his first goal for City after 12 minutes of play. It was after a Jack Grealish overflow and a low center. It was also after a peculiar field invasion.

Meanwhile, Álvarez played second and showed touches of his talent. Two minutes had passed since the restart, while the Portuguese ran into the void Bernard Silva He rushed on a wing that he put in front of the striker who came from the left wing to delineate himself in the area and shoot a cross shot that approached the far post.

Another of the ex River’s extraordinary actions was in the 24th minute when he retrieved a ball in three quarters of the field, overflowed, stepped on the area and got a corner kick for his team.

The match served to Guardiola to set his starting point, to start giving minutes to newly arrived players like Álvarez, who unlike Haaland does not yet have the European touch, and to the youth teams: Pep has brought boys on tour who have not yet turned 20.

The youngest, Rich Lewis, Barely 17, he enters with 82 on his back and in one of the first touches, crashes a shot on the post.

With the win, the second on their international tour since winning 2-1 in the first leg against América de México, City will return to England to prepare for the next points match: Saturday against Liverpool for a new edition of the Community Shield. .

The next match will be in the resumption of the Premier League, on 7 August, against West Ham. In any of the matches, Álvarez will have the opportunity to add more minutes and the pace of the European competition.